[jdormit]

> Anyone who knows me well (in the tech industry at least) knows that I’m a major Hugo bigot

"Bigot" is likely not the word you are looking for here - it generally has the connotation of someone who looks down or discriminates against those they consider lesser, e.g. racists or sexists. Maybe "champion" or "fanatic"?

[devnulloverflow]

It's a joke. The whole point is for the author to cast themself in a negative light.

[crazypython]

Eh, it works in this case as a whimsical self-deprecating title. I would never call anyone else this term, but self-reference is alright IMO.

[danso]

How does it work as self-deprecation? I don't see it making sense in the way that "I'm a Hugo nerd/geek/slobbering fanatic" would.

[jwhitlark]

I think more in the sense of "I believe this is better regardless of objective reality". The others convey that you like or are into something, this conveys that you won't be swayed, so anyone reading further had better be ok with that.

[biggestlou]

It works as self-deprecation because it’s not really something worth getting all worked up about, and yet here I am

[nothrabannosir]

or zealot!

[jrowley]

Yeah I agree, I think they are looking for zealot. Sounds similar but different connotation.

[ceejayoz]

Partisan would work, too.

[djs070]

I think they're saying the opposite of that; they're biased against Hugo or generally vocal in their criticism of it.